2006 Buick Terraza

The contact owns a 2006 Buick Terraza. The contact stated that the antitheft alarm engaged inadvertently, causing the vehicle to shutoff while driving. The START/STOP Disabled message was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that a steering wiring cable might be detached. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure reoccurred twice while driving. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where unknown repairs were completed. The contact also stated that the electronic stability control and the traction control warning lights had illuminated while driving. Additionally, the contact stated that the rear driver's side door handle was fractured. The contact also stated that the rear passenger's side sliding door handle was fractured and she noticed that the sliding door wiring cable had detached, causing the door lock chime to engage while driving as the door would no longer close completely. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but did not provide any assistance. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 149,000.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT IS ON (INDICATES ABS NEEDS TO BE SERVICED) ALSO TRANSMISSION "SLIPS" WHEN MOVING FORWARD. AT TIMES WHEN BOTH THE ENGINE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT ARE ON THE ENGINE WILL REDUCE POWER. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 63,000 FOR THE SAME THING! HAVE HAD TO NUMEROUS SHOPS WHO CANNOT LOCATE ISSUE. THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK SHUT- THEY COME FORWARD AND POP OUT AND REOPEN. MUST OPERATE MANUALLY. *TR

2006 BUICK TERRAZA. CONSUMER SENT CORRESPONDENCE IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DOORS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DID NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. ON ONE OCCASION, THE DOOR OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DRIVER'S HEATED SEAT WAS INOPERATIVE. THE HEATED SEATED PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A SEAT ELEMENT ISSUE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK TERRAZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THEY APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RESISTANT, THEN RELEASED AND EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS SOFTWARE THAT CAUSED THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO DELAY. THE CONTACT WAS NOT TOLD THAT THE SOFTWARE FAILED. THE VEHICLE ALSO INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO START AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ALSO BECAUSE OF THE SOFTWARE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE WAS A CENTRAL ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER IN THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,150 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000. UPDATED 05/24/11*LJ THE ALSO STATED THE LEFT SIGNAL LIGHT WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES AND THE OIL LEVEL WAS CONSTANTLY LOW. UPDATED 05/26/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK TERRAZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT, SPORADICALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START. HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE HORN WAS INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURES OR PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

IT IS PROBABLY A SHORTER LIST TO LIST WHAT WE HAVEN'T HAD TROUBLE WITH , BUT HERE GOES. 1. THE BACK POWER SLIDING DOORS WILL OPEN AND SHUT AT WILL. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, PARTED IN THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, ETC. THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS REGULARLY COME OVER TO TELL ME MY DOORS ARE OPEN. MY HUSBAND ALMOST MISSED A FLIGHT BECAUSE HE SPENT TO MUCH TIME TRYING TO FIGHT WITH THE DOOR TO STAY SHUT. THEY HAVE REPLACED ALMOST EVERY PART OF THE DOORS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT LAST TIME I TOOK IT IN THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. 2. DOOR LOCKS WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK AT WILL. ONE DAY IT LOCKED MY 1 YEAR OLD AND 3 YEAR OLD IN THE VAN WHEN IT WAS 107. IT LOCKED THEM IN FROM THE TIME IT TOOK ME TO WALK FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. IT FINALLY UNLOCKED ON ITS OWN AFTER NOT QUITE 10 MIN. MY CHILDREN WOULD BE DEAD IF IT HADN'T ALREADY BEEN COOLED ON THE INSIDE, BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LASTED MUCH LONGER. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO CORRECT. 3. NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN. RACK AND PINION REPLACED, ANOTHER REPAIR DONE. THE REPAIRS LAST ABOUT 5 - 10K MILES. 4. TRANSMISSIONS SLIPS. THEY DID A RESET OF SOMETHING, BUT TRANSMISSIONS STILL SLIPS, BUT THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS FINE. 5. FUEL GAUGE. IT HAS ALWAYS FLOATED, WAS TOLD THAT WAS HOW GM MAKES THEIR GAUGES UNTIL I TOOK IT THE LAST TIME TO THE DEALERSHIP AND NOW THEY STATE THAT IT IS A FUEL SENSOR, BUT IT IS OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY AND THEY NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT IT BEFORE AS THEY ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT IT WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND LEFT ME AND MY FAMILY STRANDED 1.5 HOURS FROM HOME AND WAS TOWED BY DEALER. ONCE I GOT IT BACK THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER PROBLEMS THAT I HAD FACED BEFORE THAT WERE NOW OCCURRING AGAIN. THE SLIDING DOORS MALFUNCTIONED ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY. THE VEHICLE HAS GIVEN US TROUBLE STARTING ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS ,AS WELL. THESE WERE NOT REPORTED AS WE ASSUMED THAT BEING A BRAND NEW VEHICLE THAT WE MUST HAVE LEFT A LIGHT OR SOMETHING ON. WE KNEW THAT THE PROBLEMWAS WITH THE VEHICLE AND NOT OUR NEGLIGENCE. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BUICK TERRAZA. WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SLIDING DOORS OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000. THE DEALER REPLACED THE REMOTE, VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND A SENSOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES POSSIBLE BAD ROTORS ON FRONT BRAKES. THE CONSUMER STATES ABS LIGHT ON AFTER REPAIRS, PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION HARD TO SHIFT GEARS, HORN SOUNDS WHEN REMOTE STARTING IS USED, DOME LIGHTS GO DIM. UPDATED 05/23/07 *TR